Companies continually try to fight counterfeit and pirated material, but often fall short of successfully making a difference in stopping this billion-dollar industry.

Counterfeiters are willing to steal anything from cash and tech products to gas, oil and cigarettes that consumers are mistakenly purchasing under the misconception of receiving real products.

Investigators in China are looking into a counterfeit Apple store that closely mimics a legitimate Apple store in other parts of the world. The store is located in Kunming and isn't identified as an authorized Apple retailer, and police investigators visited the store. From blogger photos and on-site investigation, even the employees wore identical Apple employee t-shirts you'd see in any other Apple store.